women were viewed as inferior to men.
Well, number one is impossible. Great Britain was the first country to industrialize; they started the Industrial Revolution in 1780, with it taking full force in 1840. Japan's industrialization happened with the Meiji Restoration, a full 30 years after the formal beginning of the British industrialization.
2) Literally no one ever conquered Japan. Ask the Mongols- they tried. twice. and failed. twice.
3)Japan only has 20% arable land, so that's not much. And even still, the only country they actually traded with until after their industrialization was the Netherlands.
4) Japan, only a couple hundred miles from China, borrowed many aspect of their culture, which explains why Buddhism played (and still does to an extent) a large role in Japanese society.
So #4 is your answer
Be divided into four occupation zones
Economics
The treasure fleet voyages cost Ming China vast amounts of
money and brought nil returns since they were not trade excursions but only
brought back exotic novelties. As a result, the government recovered little of
the cost. Moreover, China was self-sufficient and did not need anything from
the Indian Ocean countries
What caused the French Revolution? Simple answer: They really didn't want to pay taxes and the cost of the food was high for them. So they went to war...